Top 10 outpatient prescription medicines ranked by utilization and expenditures for the near elderly in the U.S. community population, 2002 [electronic resource] / Marie N. Stagnitti.
Imprint
[Rockville, Md.] : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2005]
Mode of access: Internet from the MEPS AHRQ web site.
Note
Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 25, 2008).
"February 2005."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
This Statistical Brief provides a summary of the top 10 outpatient prescription medicines for the near elderly, persons age 55-64, in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population by utilization and expenditures, as reported by household respondents in calendar year 2002. The brief also provides trends in annual prescribed medicine expenditures for the near elderly from 1996 to 2002.